When it was cooler

Persimmons on the tree.
We happened upon this persimmon tree about 300 feet from our backdoor.
We were surprised that we had never noticed it before.
I squeezed one of the persimmons in my hand until it turned to mush...
it was juicy and very sticky.
We discovered the tree when we were walking to church to vote on Election Day.

Osage Orange...
the fruit of the osage orange lying amid the fallen leaves of the tree.
In late fall, the tree imparts an odd medicinal-like smell to the area and
the grapefruit size fruit hit the ground with a thud...
making one cautious about standing under the spreading branches for very long.
The deer sometimes lay under this tree in the winter;
their dark shapes in sharp contrast to the snow covered ground.